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Whitty Mead

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • Whitty Mdw 1842 TA
  • Whithay (Dairy) 1811 OS

Etymology

, Whitty Mdw 1842TA ,Whithay (Dairy )1811 OS , cf. Geoffrey Whiteheye 1332 SR , Alexander Whitehey 1422Ct , John Whytey , Thomas Whytey 1433HarlRoll , from hay ( OE (ge)hæg ) ' enclosure ' , with hwīt ' white ' or a pers. n. or surname , cf. the analogous Whithay in Netherbury par . supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement